Politics

Tourists and Londoners return to Westminster a day after London terrorist attack

Londoners and tourists have returned to the site of the Westminster terrorist attack a day later on 23 March. Speaking to IBTimesUK people said they did not fear another attack, feeling safe and assured by the police response.

Mar 23, 2017

Nasa unveils origami robot

NASA is developing a robot that could go where no robot has gone before: over and under difficult terrain on Mars or another planet. The PUFFER — Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot — could traverse ground that a standard rover would get caught on, making a helpful travel companion. The space administration says its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California is working on the little trooper, which will be lightweight and “was inspired by origami.”

Mar 23, 2017

Theresa May: ‘This was an attack on free people everywhere’

MPs have cancelled trips away from Westminster to join a show of defiance in Parliament and demonstrate the terror attack that left three innocent people dead was a futile gesture. But the chamber was packed for a minutes silence at 9.33am to commemorate the victims, followed by questions, before Prime Minister Theresa May made this statement.

Mar 23, 2017

Westminster attack: ‘We wont be cowed by terrorists’ says London Mayor Sadiq Khan

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said that the Westminster incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. While paying tributes to the police officer and other victims of the attack, on Wednesday (22 March), he said that terrorists cannot divide London and they will be defeated soon. The attack on the British capital left at least five dead and more than 40 injured after a car rammed into pedestrians and the attacker stabbed a police officer by the Houses of Parliament.

Mar 23, 2017

MPs and politicians react to Westminster attack on social media

One person has been shot outside the Houses of Parliament; reports suggest he was holding a knife, MPs have been on lockdown in the chamber of the House of Commons.

Mar 22, 2017

What is Build Zimbabwe Alliance?

Noah Manyika is the leader of the The Build Zimbabwe Alliance, a new political party that hope to bring democratic change to Zimbabwe in the 2018 elections.

Mar 22, 2017

Donald Trump: Get busy, get to work and get the job done

President Trump told the Republican Party to “get the job done” and repeal and replace “the disaster that is Obamacare” during the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser on Tuesday night. Trump is trying to win the first major legislative battle of his presidency.

Mar 22, 2017

Triggering Article 50: What you need to know

The UK government will start the process to leave the EU on 29 March, invoking Article 50. But what will actually happen after Theresa May pulls the trigger on Brexit?

Mar 21, 2017

Gina Miller: Westminster will inherit EUs place to blame title after Brexit

Gina Miller, the investment fund manager who successfully challenged the Government in the courts over Brexit, warned MPs to prepare to take the blame after Britain leaves the EU. Miller believes that tribalism could grow across the country, as well as feelings of anti-London sentiment. The comments come just over a week before the UK Government plans to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and trigger two-year-long divorce talks with the EU.

Mar 21, 2017

Former CIA chief: Donald Trump should apologise to Barack Obama for wiretapping claims

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta says U.S. President Donald Trump should apologise to former President Barack Obama over false allegation of wiretapping. FBI Director James Comey told a congressional hearing on 20 March that he had seen no evidence to support a claim by Trump that Obama had wiretapped his campaign headquarters in Manhattans Trump Tower.

Mar 21, 2017

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